Fixed Reviewers

Here, two scenarios arise:

1. In case of the fixed reviewers mechanism, the e-mail message is sent to the chairperson and the next reviewer of that document revision.
2. In case of normal reviewers’ mechanism, the e-mail message is sent to the chairperson, as well as to all other reviewers for that document revision.

In the fixed reviewer procedure, note the following points:

• The reviewers must provide their recommendations, mandatorily and sequentially.
• The reviewers must approve or reject a proposal.
• In the list of reviewers, the first reviewer must provide their recommendation, and only after this can the second reviewer offer their recommendation.
• The chairperson of the committee sets the time frame and the reviewer must provide recommendations within the specified time frame. In this way, all the reviewers offer their recommendations successively, one after the other.
• The final authority lies with the chairperson of the Change Control Board, who can exercise their recommendation without depending on the recommendations of reviewers.
• In case of fixed reviewers mechanism, the chairperson also has a provision to change the timeframe for the reviewers to finish the review process.
• Multiple reviewers can have the same sequence number.
• After a document revision is submitted, an e-mail message is sent to all the successive reviewers, along with a copy to the chairperson.
• After the reviewers finish the review within the time frame, an e-mail message is sent to the next set of reviewers for review.
• In a fixed reviewers mechanism, reviewers are sent a reminder before their allotted time elapses.